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2011 Summer Movie Awards

This Summer had its share of blockbusters and flops. I’ve handed out a few awards as we say farewell to another year of Summer movies.

***Spoiler Alert****

There are a few spoilers in here. Please read at your own risk.

Best Movie:Attack the Block

Who doesn’t love a good alien movie? I’ve seen this movie three times and would happily pay to see it again. Attack the Block is a great mix of comedy, action, and sci-fi. Not to mention there are some awesome looking aliens. Believe.

Best Performance: Dominic Isaac in The Devil’s Double

Isaac gave one of the year’s most chilling performances as Uday Hussein and Latif. Not only did he play both lead roles in The Devil’s Double, he had time to squeeze in a cameo as Howard Stark in Captain America: The First Avenger.

Best Trailer:The Avengers

They snuck the trailer in at the end of Captain America. It was 60 seconds of greatness. I can’t wait till May 2012.

Best Dressed: Jacob in Crazy Stupid Love

Jacob was always dressed nice, even sometimes too nice. He’ll make you reconsider everything you have in your wardrobe. His incredible ensemble almost rivaled Rusty’s in the Ocean’s movies. I can always appreciate a nice suit and there were a ton of them in this movie.

I’ll admit that the slapping and kicking looked more like two 3rd grade girls fighting then two grown men. What the fight lacked in physicality, it made up for in verbal sparring. Those insults cut pretty deep. I’m still not sure how they remained friends after what they said.

Best Remake:Fright Night

Colin Farrell and Anton Yelchin teamed up to remake one of my favorites. The updated version had a few new wrinkles, but stayed true to the original. Fright Night injected some much needed toughness back into the Vampire franchise. I’m getting tired of these Twilight soft vampire tales.

Worst Remake:Conan the Barbarian

I’m not sure I could even call it a remake. The only thing that resembles the original film is the name. Arnold Schwarzenegger is rolling over in his grave, and yes I know he’s still alive.

Best Superhero Movie:X-Men First Class

One of the best movies of the year. Period. I’m not saying this because I read/collected the comics as a kid and cried one Halloween when I couldn’t be Wolverine. It’s really a good movie. Michael Fassbender’s performance as Magneto was brilliant. I’m not sure I want to see anybody else play him. I was upset for two seconds when they killed the black guy first, but I got over it.

Worst Superhero Movie:Green Lantern

I was listening to Paul Sheer’s How Did This Get Made podcast and they made a good point: Why do all the scenes not in space look like they were shot on a soap opera set? I’m not sure, but that’s an excellent point. I hope they didn’t spend all of their money making the ring into a race car or a giant fist. That couldn’t be that expensive, right?

Breakout Performer: John Boyega as Moses in Attack the Block

I know who I’m calling the moment I see aliens falling out of the sky. Remember the name John Boyega. This kid is going to be a star.

Everything from the apes breaking out to the showdown on the Golden Gate Bridge is absolute awesomeness. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one cheering for the apes.

Best Villain: Dr. Dieter Vogel in The Debt

Take a step back and consider he killed thousands of people. That’s enough for him to win the award. What caught my attention – The scene when he’s talking about how weak the Jewish people were going into the camps. Vogel said it with so much disgust in his voice. When the entire theater is gasping, you know it was awesomely bad.

Worst Villain: Don Luis in Colombiana

I’m still not sure what exactly made Don Luis such a bad guy. You literally never see him do anything. I’m not sure if it was drugs, prostitution, selling fake Luis Vuitton. Who knows? All Don Luis did was run, scream on the phone, and die.

Best Ending:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

It was the end of an era. An era moviegoers may not ever see again. Eight successful films in ten years – hats off to you Harry Potter.

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